
Sampaguita Sailing up Jervis Inlet People who originally ordered a Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 could get a new, well built, high-end, blue water capable cruiser with or without big boat amenities....
Category: Culture, Life in 240 Inches, The Dock Life Tags: blue water, Bluewater, bristol channel cutter, Buying, cockpit sole, dana 24, Flicka 20, Flicka20, hawaii, inboard, John Hazen, john vigor, liveABOARD, outboard, Pacific Seacraft, port jervis, port townsend, sailboat, sailing, Sampaguita, Twenty Small Sailboats, Vancouver Island, westsail, Windward Pilgrim
After lowering the mast on Sampaguita, my 1985 Flicka 20, disassembly was next. All was well until the shroud and stay tang assemblies. Even installed, I could see there was galvanic...
Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: aluminum, bolt, compression tube, dog bone, flange bushing, Flicka 20, galvanic corrossion, Kenyon, liquid wrench, Mast, Pacific Seacraft, propane torch, rigrite, Sampaguita, stainless steel, tang, tangs, tef-gel
It’s time to do some work on the Sampaguita, starting with the mast. I had the mast down in 2014 for some minor work, but there will be a bit more...
Category: Culture, Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: block and tackle, bruce bingham, crutch, Dock, fenders, Flicka 20, Gin pole, Lowering, Mast, tabernacle, The Sailor's Sketchbook
United States Maritime Academy U.S. Coast Guard Approved USCG Captain’s License Course Masters & OUPV (Six Pack) 100 Tons Sailing & Commercial Assistance Towing Endorsements Classes A special thank you...
If you are interested in more information about the Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 sailboat beyond what this blog has to offer, check out the following links. There are some great pictures,...
Category: Gear & Maintenance, June on the Hook 2017, Overnight Trips, The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: 20, anchoring, blue water, bruce bingham, circumnavigation, designer, Fan site, flicka, full keel, john vigor, june 2017, magazine, Newsletter, pacific northwest, Pacific Seacraft, sailboat, sailing, salish sea, Sampaguita, small craft advisor, tom davison
I attended and volunteered at The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center, on September 8th and 9th, 2018. My motive is to share some positive encounters...
Category: Overnight Trips, The Dock Life Tags: admiral ship supply, adventure, bronze, center, documentary, festival, film, Flicka 20, foundry, joni mitchell, kaci cronkite, manry at sea, maria coryell-martin, maritime, northwest, olympic peninsula, port townsend, robert manry, sailboat, Sampaguita, sketching, small boat, tinkerbelle, varnish, volunteer, wooden
Visiting Port Townsend and closing the circle on my circumnavigation of Vancouver Island. Hanging at Admiral Ship Supply with a friend and the Lady Washington is on the hard right in...
I spent two nights in Port McNeill waiting out the weather at the Government dock and on a walk I saw an enormous nursery stump in someones yard. It was the...
Category: The Dock Life, Vancouver Island 2018 Tags: circumnavigation, fisherman, flicka, government dock, IGA, lumberjack, Nursery Stump, Port McNiell, sailboat, Vancouver Island
Not much time for blogging on the go. Taking care of the boat and myself takes everything. I’m in Westview, BC, my first rest stop in a week. My goal is...
A new propane solenoid and rewired stern light. The project is not completely done in this picture but it is now. You can see the jug of distilled water as I...
Category: Gear & Maintenance, The Dock Life Tags: bracket, garelick, jaw, outboard, power inverter, propane, rigging, solar panel, solenoid, Sta-Lok, stern light, tank, Teflon, turnbuckle, Yamaha
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